President Rodrigo Duterte spoke for the first time about his talk with Xi about the thorny disputes in a televised news conference Wednesday night where he was asked what move he would take next. Duterte, who has nurtured friendly ties with China, met Xi in Beijing last week. “They’re claiming it as their own and the bad part is that they are claiming it as their historical right and they have the control over the property,” Duterte said.
